Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from spring cherry blossom to autumnal mushrooms - Tsukiko and Sensei come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love.
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Cast
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Kyoko Koizumi
Omachi Tsukiko
Known for
First Love
Tokyo Sonata
Akira Emoto
Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
Known for
Rental Family
Hanzawa Naoki
Fuyuki Moto
Satoru Nakata
Known for
Gokusen
Himizu
Kosuke Toyohara
Kojima Takashi
Known for
Tokyo Vice
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Kirin Kiki
Sensei's ex-wife
Known for
Sweet Bean
Arrietty
Midori Kiuchi
Nishino Sensei
Known for
Maborosi
Simon Yotsuya
Mitsui Sensei
Also in
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Kitchen
Edo Yamaguchi
Satoru's cousin
Also in
Ryōmaden
Sing! Great Dragon Palace
Bengal
Matsumoto Hiroshi
Known for
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
First Love
Satsuki Miki
Tsukiko's classmate (Ikue)
Also in
Shinjuku Boy Detectives
Megumi Nishimuta
Tsukiko's classmate (Tamami)
Also in
Kamen Rider Kabuto
My Secret Cache
Haruka Kato
Fumiyo Omachi
Teruhiko Kuze Director · Tomomi Tsutsui Writer
First release March 11, 2003 · Produced in Japan · Original title センセイの鞄 (Sensei no Kaban)
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Japan
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Original title
センセイの鞄 (Sensei no Kaban)
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 11, 2003
Physical
No release date listed for United States.
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